Interest Rates and Consumer Choice in the Residential Mortgage Market

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
James I. Vickery
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Residential Mortgage

Analyzing the Causal Relationships Between Financial Crises and the Residential Mortgage Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1773-1789
Author(s):  
Larisa I. YUZVOVICH ◽  
Mariya V. SHARAFIEVA
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Mortgage Lending ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Mortgage Loan ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Active Growth ◽  
Residential Mortgage

Subject. We consider the economic relations, arising in the process of the analysis of the financial and economic state of the housing (mortgage) loan market during crises. Objectives. The aim is to conduct a study within the practical concept of financial crises and the residential mortgage market, to identify cause-effect relationships. Methods. We apply analytical and expert methods, based on the analysis of residential mortgage market data and the activities of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending. Results. The study determines the segmented role of digitalization of the banking sector in the system of State programs intended to support the residential mortgage market. We reveal causal relationships between financial crises and the residential mortgage market on the basis of a factor analysis. Conclusions. During 2008 and 2014, the government regulation of the banking crisis was only through changing the level of the key rate. It resulted in an increase in interest rates and a decrease in demand for mortgage loans, as affordable mortgage interest rates still remain the main driver of mortgage lending for citizens. This scenario gives rise to a stagnation of the residential mortgage lending market and, consequently, a very long recovery period. In contrast to the scenario of 2020, where we see an active growth in mortgage lending against the background of the financial crisis, the reason was the implemented set of measures that triggered the growth and formed a safety cushion for the banking sector in the form of secured lending.

scholarly journals Housing Wealth or Collateral: How Home Value Shocks Drive Home Equity Extraction and Spending

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Yde Andersen ◽  
Søren Leth-Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Housing Wealth ◽  
Home Equity ◽  
Fixed Rate ◽  
Mortgage Loans ◽  
Mortgage Debt ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Home Value ◽  
Home Values

Abstract We examine whether unanticipated changes in home values drive spending and mortgage-based equity extraction. To do this, we use longitudinal survey data with subjective information about current and expected future home values to calculate unanticipated home value changes. We link this information at the individual level to high quality administrative records containing information about mortgage borrowing as well as savings in various financial instruments. We find that the marginal propensity to increase mortgage debt is 3%–5% of unanticipated home value gains. We find no adjustment to other components of the portfolio, and we find that mortgage extraction leads to an increase in spending. The effect is driven by young households with high loan-to-value ratios, which is consistent with the effect being driven by collateral constraints. Further, we find that the effect is driven by home owners who actively take out a new mortgage. The price effect is magnified among fixed rate mortgage (FRM) borrowers who have an incentive to refinance their loans to lock in a lower market rate. These results point to the importance of the mortgage market in transforming price increases into spending and suggest that monetary policy can play an important role in transforming housing wealth gains into spending by affecting interest rates on mortgage loans.

scholarly journals An Investigation into the Fundamental Drivers of Pricing of Residential Mortgage Products – A Risk Pricing Viewpoint

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Harry M Karamujic
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Exact Science ◽  
Residential Mortgage ◽  
Risk Pricing ◽  
Price Risks ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Underlying Theme

Residential mortgage products (also known as home loans) pricing has been long understood to be something of a ‘dark art’, requiring judgment and experience, rather than being an exact science. In the last decade, a lot has changed in this field and more and more lenders, primarily the larger lenders, are increasingly looking to make their pricing as exact as possible. Even so, inadequate pricing of residential mortgage products (in particular its substandard risk pricing) has been seen as one of major causes of the global financial crisis (GFC) and subsequent spectacular banking collapses. The underlying theme of the paper is to exhibit how contemporary lenders, in practice, price their residential mortgage products. While discussing elements of the pricing calculation particular attention was given to the exposition of how contemporary lenders price risks involved in providing home loans. Because of the importance of Basel capital accords to how financial institutions assess and quantify their risks, the paper provides an overview of Basel capital accords. The author envisages that the paper will (i) help enhance comprehension of the underlying elements of the pricing calculation and the ways in which these elements relate to each other, (ii) scrutinize how contemporary lenders identify and quantify risks and (iii) improve consciousness of future changes in interest rates

Reforming the Residential Mortgage Market

1976 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Schaaf
Keyword(s):  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Residential Mortgage

Barriers to accessing mortgages in Nigeria’s housing markets

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 716-733
Author(s):  
Chukwuma C. Nwuba ◽  
Eunice Oluwakemi Chukwuma-Nwuba
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Mortgage Lending ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Social Implication ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate barriers to accessing mortgages in Nigeria’s urban housing markets with the main focus on Kaduna State. The objective was to establish the diverse factors that constitute barriers to urban households’ access to mortgages for homeownership from the perceptions of households, mortgage lenders and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachThe study used cross-sectional survey with triangulation of results. To enable the triangulation, three new samples were developed from 450 surveys with households and 10 completed by lenders, both in Kaduna State and one survey undertaken by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Data were collected with questionnaires designed on five-point Likert model. Data analysis utilized descriptive statistics and one-samplet-test. Triangulation enabled cross-validation of the results.FindingsThe barriers include low incomes and savings which constrain households’ ability to pay mortgage instalments and deposits, respectively, high interest rates, poor access to land, inability of potential borrowers to provide certificates of occupancy on their land, inadequate loanable funds and inadequate number of mortgage lending institutions.Practical implicationsThe study has the potential to provide a basis for mortgage market reforms. Mortgage market reforms should be encompassing because it requires action in some other sectors.Social implicationsThe social implication of the study is the possibility of motivating actions to deal with the diverse barriers to accessing mortgages which have constituted deterrents to households from realizing their homeownership aspirations and enjoying the benefits of homeownership and consequently contributing to inadequate housing and poor living conditions.Originality/valueThe study provides distinctive insight into Nigeria’s mortgage market by integrating the views of various stakeholders on a subject of social and economic significance. It contributes to the evidence-base around mortgage market reforms in Nigeria.

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